[CPLUG] Custom computer wanted

[Kevin O'Gorman]

I can add a recent data point on laptops.  I got a Dell inspirion 1525
over the break.  It came with Vista, but I installed Ubuntu 8.10 without
a hitch, so it dual boots.

++ kevin


----- "Nat Welch" <calvin166 at pseudoweb.net> wrote:

> From: "Nat Welch" <calvin166 at pseudoweb.net>
> To: "Linux related questions/answers and conversation" <cplug at lists.cplug.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 11:18:52 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [CPLUG] Custom computer wanted
>
> I'm pretty sure you are planning on getting a desktop, in which case
> I
> suggest getting a small buisness box from dell, I've had good
> experiences with them. But if you are planning on getting a laptop,
> take a look at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ they have pages for most
> laptops with peoples personal experiences installing linux. It's
> great resources for finding what works and what doesn't.
> 
> /Nat
> 
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Mark Gius <mgius7096 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > My ATI HD4850 works fine, which was released last June.  And I
> don't
> > see any _noticable_ performance drain as a result of using the
> card.
> > In fact, I get more graphics glitches in Vista than on Linux
> > (admittedly everything I do in Vista stresses the graphics card,
> but
> > whatever).
> >
> > And there are TV tuners that have linux support (I'm using one),
> you
> > just have to be very careful about it.  Hauppage cards in
> particular
> > are almost exclusively using chipsets that support linux.  I've got
> a
> > Hauppage PVR-150 with hardware MPEG2 encoder and it was supported
> out
> > of the box by Ubuntu 7.04.
> >
> > http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Video_capture_card
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Josh Lange <sillygates at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> ATI still isn't committed to making Linux support upon launch of
> their
> >> newest video cards, at launch, and the fglrx driver wastes gobs of
> cpu time,
> >> compared to the nvidia binary driver.
> >>
> >> As for the rest of their hardware (tv tuners) there is no support
> for linux.
> >>
> >> Fortunately, most of the industry doesn't run that way anymore, and
> I rarely
> >> buy hardware, where I feel like I have to make any attempt to
> double check
> >> the internet for compatibility information.
> >>
> >>
> >> Josh
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:08 AM, David Sharp <whereami at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Haven't you heard? Linux supports more devices than any other OS,
> >>> ever! [1] Okay, so many of those devices are likely older than
> the
> >>> median age of the members of this list, but driver support really
> is
> >>> very good on Linux these days. Like Jeremy says, the tricky ones
> are
> >>> wireless, and to a certain extent video cards. But you'll be fine
> if
> >>> you stick with intel, ati/amd, or nvidia for video; and wireless
> >>> drivers are a ton better than they have been in the past. I think
> some
> >>> webcams have less than stellar support as well, but new ones
> should be
> >>> USB Video Class compliant and work with the UVC driver.
> >>>
> >>> d#
> >>>
> >>> [1]
> >>>
> http://osnews.com/story/20478/How_Linux_Supports_More_Devices_Than_Any_Other_OS_Ever
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Josh Lange <sillygates at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > I just picked up an Asus p6t deluxe motherboard (includes
> onboard sound)
> >>> > and
> >>> > intel core i7 920 processor a few days ago (also needs newer
> "ddr3"
> >>> > memory).
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > Along with that I used an nvidia card from my old system (nvidia
> has
> >>> > great
> >>> > support these days), a few spare hard drives/cdrom drive, and a
> new
> >>> > power
> >>> > supply supporting the new(?) 24 pin motherboard power connector,
> and I
> >>> > had a
> >>> > complete system.
> >>> >
> >>> > The hardware is fully supported in Fedora 10, out of the box.
> >>> >
> >>> > To enable graphics acceleration, I installed the kmod-nvidia
> package
> >>> > from
> >>> > rpmfusion ( http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration ). This package
> tracks
> >>> > the
> >>> > fedora project releases, and has a number of failsafes to make
> sure xorg
> >>> > won't break when your system is updated (we use their package on
> the csc
> >>> > lab
> >>> > machines!).
> >>> >
> >>> > Josh
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Jeremy Leland
> <iggames at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> I just go to newegg.com and see what the highest rated item is
> in each
> >>> >> category (in my price range). Then google that item and "linux"
> and
> >>> >> see what comes up.  (I think the only real problem areas for
> >>> >> compatibility are video cards and wireless, maybe sound cards
> if
> >>> >> you're into that).
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Jeremy
> >>> >>
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